Entrepreneurial intent among prospective graduates of higher education institution: an exploratory investigation in Kafa, Sheka, and Bench-Maji Zones, SNNPR, Ethiopia

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Summary description of independent sample t test

		Group statistics			Independent sample t test for equality of means
Variables of comparison	*Variable categories*	N	*Mean*	*Std. deviation*	t	df	*Sig. (2-tailed)*	*Mean difference*
1. Level of higher education	TVET college	100	2.7875	.62095
1. Level of higher education	University	247	2.5712	.63883	2.880	345	.004	.21631
2. Gender	Male	237	2.6501	.63963	.709	345	.479	.05241
2. Gender	Female	110	2.5977	.64351	.709	345	.479	.05241
3. The chance of taking entrepreneurship course as part of higher education curriculum	Yes	256	2.6413	.61796
	No	90	2.6102	.70665	.395	344	.693	.03109
4. The chance of taking an extra-curricular entrepreneurship course	Yes	26	2.8846	.67908
	No	321	2.6132	.63393	2.089	345	.037	.27143
5. Self-employment experience	Yes	51	2.8056	.66889	2.087	345	.038	.20167
5. Self-employment experience	No	296	2.6039	.63180	2.087	345	.038	.20167

Significance was determined with an assumption of equal variances at a 95% confidence interval for mean and α = < 0.05
Source: survey data